INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW VARIETIES OF PLANTS of December 2, 1961, as revised at Geneva on November 10, 1972,

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	ACT OF 1961 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW VARIETIES OF PLANTS
	Article 1 [Purpose of the Convention; Constitution of a Union; Seat of the Union]1
	Article 2 [Forms of Protection; Meaning of "Variety"]
	Article 3 [National Treatment]
	Article 4 [Botanical Genera and Species Which Must or May Be Protected; Reciprocity; Possibility of Declaring that Articles 2 and 3 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property Are Applicable]
	Article 5 [Rights Protected; Scope of Protection]
	Article 6 [Conditions Required for Protection]
	Article 7 [Official Examination of New Varieties; Provisional Protection]
	Article 8 [Period of Protection]
	Article 9 [Restrictions in the Exercise of Rights Protected]
	Article 10 [Nullity and Forfeiture of the Rights Protected]
	Article 11 [Free Choice of the Member State in Which the First Application is Filed; Application in Other Member States; Independence of Protection in Different Member States)
	Article 12 [Right of Priority]
	Article 13 [Denomination of New Varieties of Plants]
	Article 14 [Protection Independent of Measures Regulating Production, Certification and Marketing]
	Article 15 [Organs of the Union]
	Article 16 [Composition of the Council; Votes]
	Article 17 [Observers in Meetings of the Council]
	Article 18 [Officers of the Council]
	Article 19 [Meetings of the Council]
	Article 20 [Rules of Procedure of the Council; Administrative and Financial Regulations of the Union]
	Article 21 [Duties of the Council]
	Article 22 [Majorities Required for Decisions of the Council]
	Article 23 [Tasks of the Office of the Union; Responsibilities of the Secretary-General: Appointment of Staff]
	Article 24 [Supervisory Function of the Swiss Government]
	Article 25 [Cooperation with the Unions Administered by BIRPI]
	Article 26 [Finances]
	Article 27 [Revision of the Convention]
	Article 28 [Languages To Be Used by the Office and in the Council]
	Article 29 [Special Agreements for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants]
	Article 30 [Implementation of the Convention on the Domestic Level; Special Agreements on the Joint Utilization of Examination Services]
	Article 31 [Signature and Ratification; Entry Into Force]
	Article 32 [Accession; Entry Into Force]
	Article 33 [Communications Indicating the Genera and Species Eligible for Protection]
	Article 34 [Territories]
	Article 35 [Transitional Limitation of the Requirement of Novelty]
	Article 36 [Transitional Rules Concerning the Relationship Between Variety Denominations and Trade Marks)
	Article 37 [Preservation of Existing Rights]
	Article 38 [Settlement of Disputes]
	Article 39 [Reservations]
	Article 40 (Duration and Denunciation of the Convention; Discontinuation of the Application of the Convention to Territories]
	Article 41 [Copies of the Convention; Language and Official Translations of the Convention]
	Annex
	ADDITIONAL ACT OF NOVEMBER 10, 1972, AMENDING THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW VARIETIES OF PLANTS
	Article I [Amended Version of of the Convention (Majorities Required for Decisions of the Council)]1
	Article II [Amended Version of of the Convention (Finances)]
	Article III [Applicability of Paragraph (6) of the Amended Version of Article 26 of the Convention]
	Article IV [Contribution Classes of Member States]
	Article V [Signature; Ratification; Accession]
	Article VI [Entry Into Force]
	Article VII [Reservations]
	Article VIII [Original Copy of the Additional Act; Language and Official Translations of the Additional Act; Notifications; Registration of the Additional Act]